SIGNAL COVERAGE
PAGEONE COMMUNICATIONS
Our pagers are supplied and supported by PageOne Communications, a company
dedicated to providing a complete paging service. PageOne continues to
invest heavily in improvements to their infrastructure which is already
supported by the latest state of the art software.
O2, which are part of British Telecom, recently ceased it's
paging service and recommended all their existing customers to migrate to
PageOne, the only company they could trust to continue giving customers a
dedicated and reliable paging service. At the same time 02 made
available their mast sites for use by PageOne, thus expanding the PageOne
coverage to many additional areas.
Over the last few months several new masts have come 'on line' at a number
of locations throughout the UK. We will continue to keep you updated with
developments and progress in relation to signal distribution, we know that
this is a very important issue which can affect our customer service in
some prime birding areas.
We are confident that PageOne are dedicated to paging services in the long
term. They are not distracted by being part of a national mobile telephone
network supplier and they obviously feel secure in their long term future
by continuing to invest and extend in their infrastructure and software.
NEW MASTS BROUGHT ON LINE DURING FEBRUARY 2005
Orkney and Shetland
You will know that since we took over BirdNet Information in November 2004
PageOne Communications, our service providers, have been busy improving
their signal network. We already had a dedicated mast in the Scillies
which gives excellent coverage. PageOne continue to progressively uprate
their network throughout the UK. Now the really good news, two new masts
on Orkney at Kirkwall and Westray and a new mast on Shetland at Bressay.
Suffolk, Hexham and Hartlepool
Some members may be aware of signal coverage problems in some areas
of Suffolk, however most of these have now been eliminated by the
erection of new masts at Martlesham Heath and Mendlesham. Also in the
north of the country we now have new masts at Hexham and Hartlepool, which
have also improved signal coverage in the north east.
New masts in the south
In addition to the already goods news, new masts are now 'on
line' at Torquay, Ware, Chelmsford and Brent Cross.
North West Scotland and Outer Hebrides
PageOne Communications are working well for BirdNet Information Members.
Two new masts now 'on line' at Mallaig on the North West Scottish coast
and at Benbecula in the Outer Hebrides, with work going on also at other
sites in this region
Stornaway
We now have 2 on Orkney, 1 on Shetland, 1 on South Uist at Benbecula and a
new site on the mainland at Mallaig and our latest site to come live on 1
March 2005 is at Portcair Forest (south Loch Ness).
BirdNet Information pager coverage is increasing and improving in leaps and bounds. Our pagers are now the only pagers receiving messages in the Scottish Isles, invaluable at migration time! We also serve many eastern areas within the Irish Republic.
No other pager service gives such extensive coverage in the Scottish
Isles together with comprehensive coverage throughout the UK.